Gulf Coast Petrochemical Buildout Draws Billions in Tax Breaks For Polluters
A new report by the Environmental Integrity Project compiled data on every U.S. plastics plant built, expanded or proposed since 2012, revealing massive growth in Texas.
Since 1954
A new report by the Environmental Integrity Project compiled data on every U.S. plastics plant built, expanded or proposed since 2012, revealing massive growth in Texas.
Exploring the foliage for crawling, flying critters in one of Austin’s most beautiful nature preserves.
Record levels of forced migration are tied to an environmental collapse that Republicans worsened on behalf of the fossil fuel industry.
Some areas are starting the year with low water reserves, and forecasters don’t expect substantial relief from the weather.
Environmental lawyers say the state watchdog agency lets polluters escape regulation through legal loopholes.
Pollution from the energy sector has impacted soil, contaminated water resources and killed wildlife while the state resists new regulations.
A judge reversed a 2022 decision by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality which involved its controversial “one-mile rule” to deny hearing requests.
Declaring an endangered species officially gone can take decades.
Half of the fish in the Mission-Aransas Estuary vocalize. One scientist is dedicated to recording and decoding their thumps, pops, and other sounds.
Judges argued that the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality illegally enabled Port Arthur LNG to avoid air pollution control requirements.